(BBC) A “highly dangerous” inmate tried to kill five prison officers with homemade weapons including a sharpened plastic spoon, a court has heard.
Aklakar Rahman, 38, allegedly repeatedly attacked staff at HMP Swaleside in Kent and Belmarsh prison in London in September and October 2022.
On Monday, he went on trial at the Old Bailey charged with 20 offences, including five of attempted murder and six attempted assaults on an emergency worker and possessing sharpened pieces of plastic.
The defendant denies the charges against him.
At the time of the alleged offences, Mr Rahman was serving a life sentence for three earlier attempted murders and wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, prosecutor Alistair Richardson said.
